SummaryIn the years since MI-7's top spy vanished off the grid, he has been honing his unique skills in a remote region of Asia. But when his agency superiors learn of an attempt against the Chinese premier's life, they must hunt down the highly unorthodox agent. Now that the world needs him once again, Johnny English is back in action. With one shot at... Read More
Directed By:Oliver Parker
Written By:Hamish McColl, William Davies, Neal Purvis, Robert Wade
Johnny English Reborn
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Mixed or Average
46
User score
Generally Favorable
6.4
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
15% Positive
3 Reviews
3 Reviews
45% Mixed
9 Reviews
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40% Negative
8 Reviews
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Oct 21, 2011
75
Like the incompetent spy himself, this is a comedy that will sneak up on the skeptical and defy low expectations, producing something smart enough to neatly balance the thrills and the yuks.
Oct 20, 2011
60
The mix of groin injury and over-explanation could totally reach 9-year-olds and a greying Atkinson is still relentlessly lovable.
User score
Generally Favorable
47% Positive
88 Ratings
88 Ratings
44% Mixed
82 Ratings
82 Ratings
9% Negative
17 Ratings
17 Ratings
Aug 9, 2014
10
All I expect from Rowan Atkinson is comedy. And I have to say he totally EXCEEDED my expectations. Although at times the jokes were corny, I couldn't help laughing. It was pure brilliance.
Jan 22, 2013
10
Johnny English Reborn is a very funny, action-filled, great story, a sense of mystery film. Really funny and very nice combats. This movie is the funniest movie I have seen so far. I would definetely give it a high score.
Oct 20, 2011
60
Johnny English Reborn never quite ignites, even though it starts out promisingly enough.
Oct 21, 2011
50
Johnny English Reborn sounds like a reboot, but it's actually a tired recycling of something that wasn't exactly fresh to begin with.
Oct 21, 2011
38
For anyone expecting the second coming of Clouseau, Johnny English Reborn is a karmic catastrophe.
Oct 20, 2011
38
As ticklish as one might find the idea of an equivalent Mr. Bean character occupying the driver's seat of a James Bond parody, it's likely that even a competent manifestation of such a scenario would pale in comparison to what Mike Myers and Jay Roach pulled off with apparent ease in their Austin Powers films.
Oct 21, 2011
20
It must be said that everyone - including Dominic West and Rosamund Pike -- works awfully hard to entertain us. But that just makes it all the more depressing when joke after joke falls painfully flat. Stay home and introduce your kids to Mr. Bean, instead.
Feb 4, 2012
10
I watched the movie in a cinema during it's premiere with my family.
When we watched, I can literally say everyone, including me in the cinema cracked up. We couldn't stop laughing. This is certainily a great sequel and I loved this film.
Apr 14, 2019
6
The movie was really funny but also made us really nervous about what was going to happen.
Jan 28, 2018
6
This is a sweet indulgent farewell sorta return to the comic masterclass that is Atkinson and his silly, hilarious antics that are perhaps an art form now. Also with some goofy roles by Tim Mcinnervy, Rosamund Pike, Gillian Anderson, Dominic West and Daniel Kaluyaa (Black Mirror & Get Out), the funny and flimsy take on the British spy films and cult of Atkinson is rather good for passing time.
Dec 12, 2011
3
I enjoyed the first movie. It was just the way I imagined Rowan Atkinson as a "spy'.
The sequel is a mistake, though. 3 or 5 laughable moments just aren't enough. It's the same thing all over again. I just didn't buy it. Just as I wish I hadn't bought those damn tickets for "Johnny English Reborn". It just wasn't worth it.
Oct 21, 2011
3
Johnny English is back and unfortunately not for the better. I found the the original surprisingly funny therefore its a great shame the sequel is a massive disappointment. Since the first film English has been dismissed from MI7 after a disastrous mission in Mozambique but is brought back to MI7 to prevent a group of international assassins from killing the Chinese Premier and causing global chaos. The original was far from the funniest film ever made but provided some genuine LOL moments. Sadly, Reborn rarely has you break into laughter or for that even crack a smile! Don't get me wrong there are some, very few, infact they are few and far between funny bits but it fails to sparkle and fizzels out to be a dreadfully dull movie. The fact is the film tries to be funny and provide funny moments but its just an epic fail, simple as that. For any fans of the original trust me when I say stick to that because Johnny English Reborn isn't a patch on its predeccesor and even that wasn't the funniest of films, tells you everything you need to know. As a fellow reviewer said; painfully unfunny, and that sums this film up to a tee!
Production Company:
- Universal Pictures
- Relativity Media
- StudioCanal
- Working Title Films
Release Date:Oct 21, 2011
Duration:1 h 41 m
Rating:PG
Tagline:A little intelligence goes a long way
Awards
Irina Palm d'Or
• 2 Nominations
Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards
• 1 Nomination
Evening Standard British Film Awards
• 1 Nomination
